Beckwith may refer to

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Beckwith, North Yorkshire Beckwith is a small settlement in North Yorkshire, England. It lies south west of Harrogate. The place name was first recorded in about 972 as ''bec wudu'', Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form ...

, England, United Kingdom *

Beckwith, Ontario Beckwith is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in Lanark County on the Mississippi River. It is located within Canada's National Capital Region. Communities The township comprises the communities of Black's Corners, Franktown, ...

, township in eastern Ontario, Canada * Beckwith, California, former name of Beckwourth, California, United States *

Beckwith, West Virginia Beckwith is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Beckwith is located on West Virginia Route 16 and Laurel Creek, northwest of Fayetteville. Beckwith had a post office A post office is a public facil ...

, United States

People

Beckwith baronets The Beckwith Baronetcy, of Aldborough in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 April 1681 for Roger Beckwith. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire between 1706 and 1707. The third Baronet w ...

, an English title from 1681 to 1796 *

Abijah Beckwith (New York politician) Abijah Beckwith (December 2, 1784 in Chatham, Columbia County, New York – August 8, 1874 in Cedarville, Herkimer County, New York) was an American politician from New York. He served several stints in the New York State Assembly in the early ...

(1785–1874), New York politician *

Abijah Beckwith (Wisconsin politician) Abijah Beckwith was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Beckwith was born on November 10, 1843 in Columbia, New York Columbia is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population ...

(1843–1897), Wisconsin politician *

Andrew Beckwith Andrew Beckwith (born March 22, 1995) is a former American professional baseball pitcher. Career Andrew Beckwith attended Blythewood High School in Blythewood, South Carolina, prior to enrolling at Coastal Carolina University. In 2016, he was na ...

(born 1995), American baseball player *

Asahel C. Beckwith Asahel Collins Beckwith (1827–1896) was a senator from Wyoming. A Democrat, he was born in Mentor, Ohio, and was appointed to serve in Washington from 1893 to 1895 in the 53rd United States Congress The 53rd United States Congress was a ...

(1827–1896), Wyoming senator *

Athelstan Beckwith Athelstan Laurence Johnson Beckwith AO, FRS (20 February 1930 – 15 May 2010) was an Australian chemist. He was a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Life He earned a BSc, from the University of Western Australia in 1952, and DPhi ...

(1930–2010), Australian chemist * Carol Beckwith, photographer *

Charles Beckwith (disambiguation) Charles Beckwith may refer to: * Charles Beckwith (athlete) (1901–1970), British Olympic athlete * Charles Alvin Beckwith (1929–1994), U.S. Army officer * Charles D. Beckwith (politician) (1838–1921), American congressman * Charles D. Bec ...

* Christopher Beckwith (born 1945), American linguist and historian *

Clarence Beckwith Clarence Augustine Beckwith ( Charlemont, Massachusetts, July 21, 1849 – 1931) was an American theologian and writer. He was a teacher at the United Church of Christ's Chicago Theological Seminary from 1905. He lived at Little Deer Isle Littl ...

(1849–1931), American theologian *

Cora Jipson Beckwith Cora Jipson Beckwith (24 March 1875 - 9 January 1955) was an American zoologist who was a researcher and professor at Vassar College in New York. Life Beckwith was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to William Griswold Beckwith and Maria A. Jips ...

(1875–1955), American zoologist * Corydon Beckwith (1823–1890), American jurist and lawyer *

Darry Beckwith Darry Douglas Beckwith, Jr. (born May 15, 1987) is a former gridiron football linebacker. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at LSU. He has also been a member of the Indianapoli ...

(born 1987), American footballer * Dean Beckwith (born 1983), English footballer *

Denise Beckwith Denise Beckwith (born 7 December 1977) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the X ...

(born 1977), Australian swimmer * Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818–1881), conducted one of the Pacific Railroad Surveys *

Emma Beckwith Emma Beckwith (December 4, 1849 – November 25, 1919) was an American suffragette, bookkeeper, optician, and inventor. Beckwith held various jobs. She was the first woman in business in the Maiden Lane, Manhattan neighborhood in the spring of ...

(1849–1919), American suffragette, bookkeeper, optician and inventor *

Francis J. Beckwith Francis J. "Frank" Beckwith (born November 3, 1960) is an American philosopher, professor, scholar, speaker, writer, and lecturer. He is currently Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political Science and ...

(born 1960), legal scholar *

Frank R. Beckwith Frank Roscoe Beckwith (December 11, 1904 – August 24, 1965) was a lawyer, civil rights activist, and politician from Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1960 he became the first African American to run as a candidate for President of the United States ...

(1904–1965), American lawyer and civil rights activist *

Henry L. P. Beckwith Jr. ''Lovecraft's Providence and Adjacent Parts'' is a book by Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr. detailing sites in Providence, Rhode Island related to H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1979 in an edition o ...

(born 1935), American author * Holmes Beckwith, American political scientist * George Beckwith (British Army officer) (1753–1823) *

George Beckwith (Carl Jung associate) George Beckwith (20 November 1896, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa – 2 November 1931, in San Diego County, California) was an American expatriate in 1920s Paris and an early Jungian associate who accompanied psychologist Carl Jung on his African expedit ...

(1896–1931), American patient and associate of Carl Jung *

Gladys Beckwith Gladys Eloise Beckwith (1929 – December 8, 2020) was an American academic and women's rights activist. She was the co-founder of the Michigan Women's Studies Association and the founder of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Beckwith was o ...

(1929–2020), American women's studies academic * Holmes Beckwith (1884–1921), American academic * James Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917), American portrait painter. *

James Roswell Beckwith James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

, US Attorney in New Orleans, prosecuted perpetrators of the Colfax Massacre (1873) *

James R. Beckwith James R. Beckwith (July 18, 1857 – April 28, 1935) was an American farmer, politician, and businessman. Born in Elmira, New York, Beckwith moved with his parents, in 1871, to Columbia County, Wisconsin and then to Barron County, Wisconsin. ...

(1857–1935), American politician * James P. Beckwith, better known as James Beckwourth (1800−1866), trapper, Indian chief, fur trader, scout *

Jefferson H. Beckwith Jefferson H. Beckwith (18131865) was a Michigan politician. Early life and education Beckwith was born in 1813 in Ontario County, New York. Beckwith studied law in Ellicottville, New York and was admitted to the bar in that state. In 1830, he ...

(1813–1865), American politician * Joe Beckwith (1955–2021), American baseball player *

John Beckwith (disambiguation) John Beckwith may refer to: Music * John Christmas Beckwith (1750–1809), English organist and composer * John Charles Beckwith (organist) (1788–1819), English organist * John Beckwith (composer) (1927–2022), Canadian composer Politics * J ...

* Jon Beckwith (born 1935), American microbiologist *

Josiah Beckwith Josiah Beckwith (born 1734) was an English antiquary. Life Beckwith was born at Rothwell, near Leeds, on 24 August 1734, where his father, Thomas Beckwith, practised as on attorney. He was himself brought up to the same profession, and settled a ...

(born 1734), English antiquary * Julia Catherine Beckwith (1796–1867), Canadian novelist * Kendell Beckwith (born 1994), American football player * Lillian Beckwith, English author *

Mark M. Beckwith Mark M. Beckwith was the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. He is the author of the book ''Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines''. Biography Beckwith graduated from Amherst College in 1973 and from Ber ...

, American bishop * Martha Warren Beckwith (1871–1959), American folklorist *

Mary Lincoln Beckwith Mary Lincoln Beckwith (August 22, 1898 – July 10, 1975) was a prominent descendant of Abraham Lincoln. Beckwith was one of the last two descendants of Abraham Lincoln, along with her younger brother Robert. Early life Beckwith was born to ...

(1898–1975), great-granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln *

Mayhew Beckwith Mayhew Beckwith (October 14, 1798 – April 7, 1871) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cornwallis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1841 to 1851. He was born in Cornwallis Township, the son of Hand ...

(1798–1871), Canadian merchant and politician *

Michael Beckwith Michael Bernard Beckwith is a New Thought minister, author, and founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Beverly Hills, California. Career Beckwith is the founder and spiritual director of the Agape Internati ...

, New Thought minister *

Naomi Beckwith Naomi Beckwith (born 1976) is the deputy director and chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. She joined the museum in June 2021. Previously she had been the senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Beckwith joined t ...

(born 1976), American curator *

Reginald Beckwith William Reginald Beckwith (2 November 190826 June 1965) was an English film and television actor, who made over one hundred film and television appearances in his career. He died of a heart attack aged 56. Beckwith was also a film critic and ...

(1908–1965), English actor * Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904–1985), great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln *

Sandra Beckwith Sandra Lea Shank Beckwith, also known as Sandra L. Ammann, (born December 4, 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge, the first woman to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Education and career Bor ...

(born 1943), American judge * Stephen Beckwith (born 1623), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut * Tamara Beckwith (born 1970), English socialite *

Thomas Beckwith Thomas Beckwith FSA (10 February 1731 – 17 February 1786) was an English painter, genealogist and antiquary. Life and work Beckwith was born at Rothwell, West Yorkshire, the son of a West Riding solicitor, and brother of Josiah Beckwith (b ...

(1731–1786), English painter * Thomas Sydney Beckwith (1775–1831), British army officer *

Wally Beckwith John Walter 'Wally' Beckwith (30 May 1893 – 7 December 1983) was a professional runner and Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and was a boundary umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Athletic career Beckwith was a p ...

(1893–1983), Australian runner and footballer *

Warren Wallace Beckwith Warren Wallace Beckwith Sr. (August 10, 1874 – September 24, 1955) was an American sportsman who served as a minor league baseball player during the late 1800s. His first wife was Jessie Harlan Lincoln, a member of the Lincoln family and grandd ...

, Lincoln family member *

William Beckwith General William Beckwith, KCH (1795 – 23 February 1871) was a general in the British Army. He was the eldest son of William Beckwith of Trimdon, County Durham. Career In 1813 he enlisted as a cornet in the 16th Light Dragoons and served with ...

(1795–1871), English Army officer

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* Beckwith Company, American book publisher *

Beckwith Island Beckwith Island is the eastern of three islands in southeastern Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. Beckwith Island and the attached "Little Beckwith" are part of the Beausoleil First Nation. Geography The island's highest elevation is above s ...

, Ontario, Canada

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